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Absolutely love the Summilux-Cs. Wish I had the clientele and local rental opportunities to justify the cost. If only they were able to cover VV rather than just Super35... Cheers - #19

Props to Phil for the detailed DR analysis charts, tables and notes. Worth the read. Huge thanks for the effort. Personally, I learned a lot. In particular, about the SNR characteristic at various "push" levels. The first few RED models/sensors were much more sensitive to underexposure in the...

Got one over 10 years ago and it's so handy. It certainly can't resolve corners like a Zeiss UP 8R or Sigma 14mm cine prime, but it's no slouch. The utility of being able to reframe by zooming is particularly nice when you're that wide. If you've ever burned 10 minutes or more trying to get...

Huge respect for Leica and I'd expect it to make excellent images. The compression ratios are a concern, but until I take some files into a color suite, it's just numbers. Overheating has been an issue for camera bodies with similar form factors, but I doubt Leica would bring the SL3 to market...

In terms of branding, Nikon's marketing peeps will make the call on whether to keep the RED name in the mix. If they think it will have a halo effect enabling them to charge a larger price premium they'll keep it, either whole or something like NikonRED. If polishing their existing brand equity...

I could be way off base, but I do see a lot of potential for Nikon to jump into the high margin cinema glass market using a ruggedized Z mount. They certainly have the portfolio - including well established supply chains, special purpose facilities, highly trained lens techs, etc. I have been...

If you told me a week ago somebody was about to buy RED, my money would have been on Canon, with Apple second. IAC, while I hear the concerns about a large global conglomerate being nimble and aware enough to keep innovating the way Jim and RED did - I also see the potential for great things. I...

Another motivator for Nikon could be the interest rate climate in Japan finally recovering. Virtually zero interest credit terms will likely start tracking to the global average over the next few years. Might be savvy to buy now when money is cheap. Cheers - #19

I would be curious to know more about how newer sensor tech, like in Raptor-X, that implements an electronic global shutter might be further developed. In theory, sensor level sensitivity control could make ND by a filter in the optical path obsolete. A matte box with filters will still be...

I think the compressed raw patent and a few others in RED's portfolio were very attractive to Nikon. Jim's lawyers are legendary, full respect. That said, Nikon's resources might provide legal muscle to defend patents at a different scale. The value of any patent is a matrix of the actual...

Nikon has the infrastructure to make new school cinema lenses with internal motors and decent margins. RED provides a tech forward platform that could leverage a number of AI driven features at a higher level. The obvious low hanging fruit is an auto focus system purpose designed for motion that...

At this point, I have to wonder if the electronic shutter (typically referred to as a global shutter, which is not exactly the same thing) can be tailored to do much of what the motion mount does. For a bit of context, the motion mount was developed in part to provide the ability to vary shutter...

Perhaps you can set it up so whatever you post to social media is automatically replicated on RedUser. Despite their undeniable popularity, social media platforms have a set of issues that a forum like RedUser does not. Cheers - #19

Impressed with what appears to be very good chroma tracking in CVP's +7 EH ON example. The subject's shirt hue is significantly shifted and desaturated with EH off - not surprising at 7 stops over - but with it on... Cheers - #19

I like Björn's theory on the phantom track. Looking forward to a deeper understanding of it, so I can experiment with and eventually exploit it. FWIW, I have shot 360° 48 fps to yield both a 24fps 180° version that cuts with "regular" footage, but can also support better time remapped and slomo...

Props to RED for adding PTP support! The 120fps global shutter and highlight extension are the obvious headlines, but PTP and the audio section upgrades are most welcome for everyday production situations. Cheers - #19

Doug Trumbull is an innovator who expanded the universe we work in. A true legend. Cheers - #19

The newest RED models are now supporting USB-C connectivity. I am hopeful that opens the door to various physical infrastructure topologies. To optimize a fast data port like USB-C, a robust interface with extensive compatibility via legacy ports, would be most helpful. For starters, USB-C...

Use case: recording R3Ds to external media from a Komodo. Ideally, direct ingest to a big RAID. On DSMC2 it's possible to use the ethernet adapter for off board recording. Due to bandwidth limitations it requires more compression than recording to an on board RedMag, but it does work reliably...

Interested in any notes on the new Turing based Nvidia RTX laptops. The ASUS ProArt StudioBook One has impressive specs with a $10K price tag. https://store.asus.com/us/item/202008AM070000001 Would be great to get a first hand account of how it handles RED workflows... Cheers - #19